President Trump strode to the lectern in the White House briefing room Thursday and, for just over an hour, attacked his rivals, dismissing Democratic presidential candidate What he did not do was offer any sympathy for the 2,081 Americans who were reported dead from the coronavirus on that day alone — among more than 54,000 Americans who have perished since the pandemic began. Continue reading.
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Trump grapples with a surprise threat: Too much Trump
Some allies worry the president is damaging his reelection prospects with his dominance of the briefing room during a public health and economic crisis.
Donald Trump’s top aides are fiercely debating a question their boss rarely confronted during his decades of jousting with tabloid newspapers, starring on reality TV shows and running a media-soaked presidential campaign: whether there’s such a thing as too much Donald Trump.
A series of missteps during Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic is triggering fears among some advisers that the president is damaging his reelection prospects with his communications during the crisis.
White House allies have become exasperated with his dominance at coronavirus task force briefings, a daily rundown of testing and public health updates that Trump has transformed into a performance-art version of his freewheeling — and sometimes conspiracy-filled — Twitter feed. Continue reading.
Trump finally shows signs of shame as he flees a press briefing without answering questions after disinfectant fiasco
Has President Donald Trump finally been chastened?
After a brutal day of criticism over his Thursday remarks suggesting an injection of disinfectant could potentially help treat COVID-19 — a frankly ludicrous and dangerous suggestion that experts roundly warned against — the president cut Friday’s coronavirus press briefing short without taking questions.
Has President Donald Trump finally been chastened?
After a brutal day of criticism over his Thursday remarks suggesting an injection of disinfectant could potentially help treat COVID-19 — a frankly ludicrous and dangerous suggestion that experts roundly warned against — the president cut Friday’s coronavirus press briefing short without taking questions. Continue reading.
Trump coronavirus briefings put health officials in bind
Health experts on the White House coronavirus task force increasingly are being put in a tough spot by the president’s daily press briefings.
President Trump frequently uses the briefings to settle scores with the media, and his efforts to put a positive spin on the news and his administration’s actions has led him to embrace ideas that lack scientific backing.
He then sometimes asks the scientists and doctors around him to weigh in or offer support, putting them in an impossible spot. Continue reading.